New Jersey election [microform] : speech of Mr. Smith, of Connecticut, in opposition to the proposition of Mr. C. Johnson, of Tennessee, to instruct the Committee on Elections "to report forthwith which five of the ten individuals claiming seats from the state of New Jersey received the greatest number of votes," at the election of 1838, the parties being at the time absent taking evidence by authority of the Committee : delivered in the House of Representatives, February 25 and 26, 1840.
Smith, Truman,1791-1884.
United States.Congress(26th, 1st session :1839-1840).House.
Washington [D.C.] : Printed by Gales and Seaton,
1840.
"By authority of the Committee."
Concerning the contested 1838 election in New Jersey, dubbed the "Great Seal War" because of charges that the Whig Governor of New Jersey unseated successful Congressional candidates by illegally affixing the state seal to the election certificates of Whig candidates.
Sabin 84455
Microfiche.
United States. Congress. House
United States. Congress. House. Committee of Elections
Contested elections